Contents: Charting the course of from the problem to the completion of an empirical study, survey of different kinds of investigations, differences between qualitative and quantitative research, the scientific hypothesis, operationalization, the interview, analysis of qualitative data: system of categories, questionnaire development, analysis of quantitative data: question coding, basics of descriptive statistics, data preparation and data analysis using SPSS (hands-on PC lab)

2009

Empirical Research Methods

Blended Learing Seminar, Danube University Krems

Contents: Charting the course of from the problem to the completion of an empirical study, survey of different kinds of investigations, differences between qualitative and quantitative research, the scientific hypothesis, operationalization, the interview, questionnaire development, analysis of quantitative data: question coding, basics of descriptive statistics, data preparation and data analysis using SPSS (hands-on PC lab)